Casting the shackles of lockdowns aside, 50+ students of KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology (KPRIET) have successfully received career-internships from reputed companies with handsome salary packages.
KPRIET did not let the Lockdown lock away the students’ opportunities to acquire knowledge or reach higher with their aspirations. Dr.M.Akila, Principal, KPRIET has taken the initiatives to ensure that students learn their curriculum and prepare for the forthcoming semester.
Dr. Akila, said “Under the guidance of our Chairman Dr.K.P.Ramaswamy, initiatives were taken to make students participate in virtual learning. We came across many open-source mobile applications Google Classroom , Zoom etc that could be used in teaching/learning process. Lectures and video explanation are sent to students’ mobile through Google Classroom.
Just like how academics was held through online mode, the Placement Training sessions were also conducted via Google Classroom. When we approached Placement Director of the college Dr.Thamaraikannan regarding the achievement of students in getting this valuable career-internship, he said “the interview for career-internships was held online and more than 50+ KPR students (2021 Batch) got internship offers during the lock down.
Top companies like QπAI inc , HPE, KAAR, BSH etc., have offered internships to over 50+ [B.E] students of the college after the online. The chosen students will be provided with paid internship of Rs.20000 – Rs.25000 per month and on conversion after internship they would be paid with package of Rs.5 Lacs – Rs.16 L per annum.
KPR placement team has the creativity and determination to do whatever can dream. Our Chairman Dr.K.P.Ramaswamy inspires us to make the impossible, Possible. I hope my team feels proud today and confident in their ability to rise to our next challenge”.